2019/20 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (French)
| Programme code: | BA-LC/FR&LI | UCAS code: | |
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| Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Leendert Plug | Contact address: | l.plug@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements for this course please visit: Coursefinder
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Languages, Cultures and Societies:
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/SBS-Languages-Cultures-and-Societies-15.pdf
Linguistics: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/SBS-Linguistics-15.pdf
Programme specification:
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Students are required to take 120 credits in Level 1.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| FREN1010 | French Language Awareness and Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN1020 | Introduction to French Studies (Resistance and Desire) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LING1100 | Language: Meaning and Use | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL1060 | Language: Structure and Sound | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following cornerstone modules:
| LING1060 | Language Projects | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL1090 | Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL1401 | Discourse, Culture and Identity | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students may choose to study the following optional module instead of a Discovery module.
| FREN1070 | Introduction to Skills in French Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Students may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
At Level 2, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in both Linguistics and their chosen language. Of the remaining credits, 20 should be taken in either Linguistics or their chosen language; the final 20 credits may be taken as Discovery modules or in either Linguistics or the chosen language. Please note that not all modules will be available every year.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at Level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at Level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| FREN2010 | French Language in Contexts | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LING2330 | Phonetics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING2340 | Syntax | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Students may choose to study further modules from the following Linguistics options.
| LING2005 | Languages In Contact | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
| LING2131 | Psycholinguistics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING2360 | The Life Cycle of Languages | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING2370 | Representation, Identity and Control | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING2380 | Language and Gender | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING2390 | Language Acquisition | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING2410 | Language Change | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING2420 | Interactional Linguistics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING2500 | How Texts Work | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 |
Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional modules. Students wishing to choose MODL2001 as one of their French options must take a minimum of 60 credits in French in Level 2.
| FREN2060 | Aspects of French History 1789-1914 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN2080 | Laughter, Love and Chivalry: Society and Culture in the French Middle Ages | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
| FREN2090 | Politics and Society in France since 1945 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN2120 | The Foundations of Modern French Thought | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN2160 | Francophone Africa | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
| FREN2190 | The Age of Extremes: Culture, Crisis and Commitment between the Wars | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN2200 | The Seventh Art - Cinema in France | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN2260 | Black Atlantic: African and Caribbean Culture in French | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
| FREN2290 | The Short Form in French and Francophone Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN2320 | The Pleasures of French Poetry | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN2340 | Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French Fiction | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN2350 | Introduction to Professional French Translation and Interpreting | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL2015 | Black Europe | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Students may choose to spend up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Linguistics or their chosen language.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Students will spend this year of their programme in a country or region where the language of interest is used both in official contexts and as a daily means of communication. Where residence abroad involves studying at a University, a list of approved locations and institutions will be provided for you. Where you are able to choose locations, you must have these approved by the Year Abroad Tutor in your language area.
Compulsory modules:
Students will be required to study the following core residence abroad module. Please note that the appropriate Level 2 module(s) in the language needs to be passed in order progress to the Year Abroad.
| FREN9001 | French Year Abroad Pre-requisite for: Year 4 | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in both Linguistics and their chosen language. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. The remaining credits should be taken in either of the named subjects or taken as Discovery modules. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects. Please note that not all modules will be available every year.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at Level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at Level 3).
Compulsory modules:
| FREN3010 | Advanced French Language Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students are required to take ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.
| LING3200 | Linguistics Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3300 | Final Year Project: Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3340 | Final Year Project: Extended Translation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3350 | Final Year Project: Digital Documentary | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Students will be required to study between 40-80 credits in Linguistics. The number of credits you have available for options modules will depend on whether you choose to take your Final Year Project in Linguistics or your other subject. If you take your Final Year Project in Linguistics, you will be able to take fewer option modules in this subject.
| LING3005 | Languages in Contact | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING3030 | Syntactic Theory | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING3180 | Language and Gender | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING3190 | Language Acquisition | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING3220 | Representation, Identity and Control | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING3250 | The Life Cycle of Languages | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING3290 | Language Change | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LING3310 | Interactional Linguistics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING3350 | Language Processing | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING3500 | How Texts Work | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
| LING3600 | Sociophonetics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students will be required to study between 40-80 credits in French. The number of credits you have available for options modules will depend whether you choose to take your Final Year Project in French or Linguistics. If you take your Final Year Project in French you will take fewer optional modules in this subject.
Students are not required to take any of these specialist language modules but they may only enrol on ONE such module. Students are not permitted to take FREN3770 Theory and Practice in French-English Translation and MODL3340 Final Year Project: Extended Translation.
| FREN3770 | Theory and Practice in French-English Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study up to 60 credits from the following optional modules:
| FREN3012 | Monuments | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN3073 | Theory and Practice of Interpreting (French and English) | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN3093 | Iconic Images | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| FREN3094 | The Kaleidoscope: Cultural Perspectives on Contemporary France | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| FREN3591 | Heroines: Representations of Mythological Women from Antiquity to the Present | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
| FREN3611 | Francophone Cinema - Postcolonial Images | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
| FREN3620 | Mémoires de guerre: France and the First World War | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
| FREN3632 | Representing Empire | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
| FREN3641 | The Algerian War of Independence: From the Colonial to the Post-Colonial | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| FREN3691 | Representations of the City | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
| FREN3711 | Francophone Voices - Textual and Cultural Analysis | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
| FREN3751 | Gender, Sex and Cinema in France | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| FREN3865 | Paris in Revolt. The May 1968 events, past and present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3800 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Students may choose to spend up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Linguistics or their chosen language.
- Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.
Last updated: 13/12/2019
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